I catch myself doomscrolling when I do not want to face a feeling. Like I am suppressing my own real feelings like sadness or frustration. Instead of facing them, I let social media lure me in and replace my own emotion with short 20 second clips that evoke all kinds of second hand feelings. In a way it is a way for me to disconnect from the feeling I am really feeling, but realistically I know that this is not a healthy way to deal with it.
I really love this post. It’s a great reminder that doomscrolling is essentially a tactic to paralyze us. You think you’re doing good by staying informed, but it opens you up to an incomprehensible amount of suffering. It ultimately freezes you, paralyzes you in a state of inaction and exhaustion. I’ve found that engaging in local community can be a great way to actually affect change. Small changes can really ripple out to have a greater impact, and individuals have so much more power on a local level. Also, limiting news consumption to one time per day and only a few trusted sources can help ease the mental burden while staying informed. Just a couple of things that have helped me while I’m also trying to disengage from doomscrolling lol!
It leaves me in despair with how I've noticed the change in myself the last few years. The biggest thing in my aversion to boredom. Boredom used to fuel my creativity, there was no avoiding it on a lazy Sunday or on the long summer evenings. Now we all have such an intense dopamine addiction and the drug in our pockets at any time. Discipline is the only solution but gosh it's hard
I catch myself doomscrolling when I do not want to face a feeling. Like I am suppressing my own real feelings like sadness or frustration. Instead of facing them, I let social media lure me in and replace my own emotion with short 20 second clips that evoke all kinds of second hand feelings. In a way it is a way for me to disconnect from the feeling I am really feeling, but realistically I know that this is not a healthy way to deal with it.
so real!
Exactly this.
thank you for reading!!! <3
I really love this post. It’s a great reminder that doomscrolling is essentially a tactic to paralyze us. You think you’re doing good by staying informed, but it opens you up to an incomprehensible amount of suffering. It ultimately freezes you, paralyzes you in a state of inaction and exhaustion. I’ve found that engaging in local community can be a great way to actually affect change. Small changes can really ripple out to have a greater impact, and individuals have so much more power on a local level. Also, limiting news consumption to one time per day and only a few trusted sources can help ease the mental burden while staying informed. Just a couple of things that have helped me while I’m also trying to disengage from doomscrolling lol!
You're so right!
This really resonates - and it’s written beautifully
Thank you so much! I'm happy you can resonate with it :)
It leaves me in despair with how I've noticed the change in myself the last few years. The biggest thing in my aversion to boredom. Boredom used to fuel my creativity, there was no avoiding it on a lazy Sunday or on the long summer evenings. Now we all have such an intense dopamine addiction and the drug in our pockets at any time. Discipline is the only solution but gosh it's hard
yeah, you're exactly right, this is so very real! thank you for ur comment and for reading :) <3
This is so beautiful, and you described this absolutely beautifully
thank you so much!!!! 🩷
I love this :)
thank you!! :)